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Behind the scenes of the Platinum Jubilee

Did you have to be a royalist to enjoy the 麻豆社's special Platinum Jubilee programming?

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The challenges of revealing a defector鈥檚 story

How the 麻豆社 WS got the inside story on life at the top of the North Korean regime

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A particularly curious case for a science show

Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry explain how their show The Curious Cases is put together

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Reaction to the US Supreme Court鈥檚 ruling

We hear what listeners think about the WS鈥檚 reporting of the Roe v Wade abortion law

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Covering the week鈥檚 biggest stories in technology

The Tech Tent team on how to choose the right stories from the world of technology

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Is the 麻豆社 committed to achieving impartiality?

Research says there鈥檚 a perception that the 麻豆社 is not fulfilling its impartiality remit

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The Bomb: The making of a new series

In The Bomb we meet a Soviet spy - but does the series overdramatise, listeners ask?

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Discovering the Large Hadron Collider

Can you really make complex physics such as Higgs Boson accessible to a general audience?

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Exploring media freedom in Kenya during elections

We ask 麻豆社 Africa what challenges its team face in reporting the Kenyan elections.

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Reporting protesters on the streets of Colombo

What were the challenges of covering the recent civil unrest in Sri Lanka?

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Challenges facing the 麻豆社鈥檚 teams in Afghanistan

How the 麻豆社 World Service marked a year since the Taliban took control in Afghanistan

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The story of award-winning podcast Dear Daughter

How Dear Daughter came out of a listener鈥檚 desire to write letters to her young child

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Explaining some inconvenient truths

Does highlighting the problems of green energy set a shift back to fossil fuels?

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Listeners react to Global Britain after Boris Johnson

Listeners tell us what they think of a profile of Boris Johnson as he stands down as PM

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The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Listeners' comments and feedback on how the 麻豆社 World Service reported the events

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More listener reactions to the death of the Queen

Listeners give us their feedback on coverage of the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II

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The Music Life debate resumes

We hear from listeners who are both complimentary and critical of Music Life

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Putting digital first at the heart of the 麻豆社

How will the 鈥渄igital first鈥� announcements by 麻豆社 World Service impact output and jobs?

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The long-forgotten 1920s black female sports star

The Untold Legends producer tells us of the difficulties faced in researching the series

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How the Americast team cast their eye on the US

We speak to the new team behind Americast about how they report events in the US

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Explaining the turmoil in British politics

As British politics made headlines globally, what did listeners think of the coverage?

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The slow brain drain of Nigerian doctors

We hear listeners鈥� comments on The Brain Drain and ask its presenter about the report

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How the jazz genre helped give musicians a voice

We speak to the producer of The Truth About Jazz and how it forged social attitudes

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The art of the news interview revealed

The news interview requires specific skills but is there a way of doing it differently?

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Discovering what women in Doha have to say

We speak with the producer of The Real Lives of Doha鈥檚 Housewives and hear your comments

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Reporting all aspects of the football World Cup

We hear your views on coverage of the World Cup and speak with the WS鈥檚 sports editor.

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Carrying out an audit of Business Matters

How does Business Matters explain complex stories in a way that people can understand?

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Celebrating 90 years of broadcasting to the world

What have listeners thought of the World Service during its 90-years of broadcasting?

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Ask the controller 2022: Part one

The controller of 麻豆社 World Service English, Jon Zilkha, responds to your questions

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Ask the controller 2022: Part two

The controller of 麻豆社 World Service English looks ahead to 2023

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